IIT Roorkee and MNNIT Allahabad Collaborate to Support Dam Rehabilitation Efforts
- IIT Roorkee and MNNIT Allahabad have signed a MoU with Centre for Water Commission to support dam rehabilitation efforts.
- The MoU will focus on strengthening testing laboratories, developing and enhancing analytical capabilities.
Central Water Commission (CWC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee & Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology (MNNIT) Allahabad. The MoU will enable IIT Roorkee and MNNIT Allahabad to contribute or support dam rehabilitation efforts of CWC and different implementing agencies. The Ministry of Water Resources has selected premier academic and research institutes for capacity building in dam safety through World Bank assisted Dam Rehabilitation and Improvement Project (DRIP).
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DRIP has been assisting rehabilitation of over 225 dams across seven states which are experiencing different levels of distress. Technical support is required to carry out the investigation of dam conditions and support rehabilitation efforts.
The MoU will lay major emphasis on consolidating the testing laboratories, developing and enhancing analytical capabilities. The MoU will provide high scope for exposure visits to renowned global institutes and on ground exposure to dam concerns to the faculty of these global institutes.
CWC has already collaborated and signed MoUs with NIT Calicut, IISc Bengaluru, IIT Madras and NIT Rourkela with a motive to support these institutes to procure specified software and equipment for developing their testing and modelling capabilities.
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In September 2017, CWC also facilitated the signing of MoUs by UJVN Limited (Uttaranchal) and Madhya Pradesh Water Resources Department (MPWRS) with the Earthquake Engineering Department of IIT Roorkee. The objective of these MoUs is to assist UJVN Limited and MPWRS by IIT Roorkee in the activities associated with the establishment of seismic instruments, generation of the postseismic event report, sharing of these reports with Central and State Agencies, certification of these installations and others.